A veteran of the First World War, Arbour played for three teams during his brief NHL career that followed--the defunct Hamilton Tigers, the Toronto St. Pats, and the Montreal Canadiens after being discharged.

Previously, he had jumped right from his local Victoria Harbour team to the Montreal Canadiens, winning the Cup with the Habs in 1916. He then played for the 228th Battalion team in Toronto, one of the great non-NHL teams of all time. He enlisted the next year, but in 1918 he was able to rejoin les Habitants for three more seasons, scoring 21 goals in 1919-20.

Montreal traded the left winger to Hamilton with Harry Mummery for Sprague Cleghorn on November 26, 1921 and his scoring production declined. Two years later, he was dealt to the Toronto St. Pats, and Arbour retired in 1924. In all his NHL years, he played 113 regular season games but not a single playoff game.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1914-15

Victoria Harbour Station

OHA-Jr.

1915-16

Montreal Canadiens

NHA

20

5

0

5

6

1915-16

Montreal Canadiens

St-Cup

4

3

0

3

11

1916-17

Toronto 228th Battalion

NHA

10

14

3

17

6

1917-18

1918-19

Montreal Canadiens

NHL

1

0

0

0

0

1919-20

Montreal Canadiens

NHL

22

21

5

26

13

1920-21

Montreal Canadiens

NHL

23

15

3

18

40

1921-22

Hamilton Tigers

NHL

23

9

6

15

8

1922-23

Hamilton Tigers

NHL

23

6

3

9

12

1923-24

Toronto St. Pats

NHL

21

1

3

4

4

NHL Totals

113

52

20

72

77

Signed as a free agent by Montreal, January 23, 1919. Traded to Hamilton by Montreal with Harry Mummery for Sprague Cleghorn, November 26, 1921. Traded to Toronto by Hamilton with Bert Corbeau and George Carey for Ken Randall, the NHL rights to Corb Denneny and cash, December 14, 1923.